Matthew S. Harmon, professor of New Testament studies, has a fervent desire to help people understand the beauty of Jesus Christ as revealed in the Scriptures, seeing it as the key to life transformation as outlined in 2 Corinthians 3:18. As a result, the focus of his ministry is teaching and preaching God’s word in various contexts. He has a passion for research and writing, specializing in the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament, biblical theology, commentary writing, and the Pauline epistles. He is the author of She Must and Shall Go Free: Paul's Isaianic Gospel in Galatians (BZNW 168; Berlin: deGruyter, 2010) andPhilippians: A Mentor Commentary (Ross-Shire,Scotland:ChristianFocus, 2014). Currently, he is at work on commentaries on 2 Peter and Jude and Galatians.